185 N.C. App. 597 - State v. Byrd’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a person who knowingly violates a valid protective order entered pursuant to this Chapter . . . shall be guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor. (d) Unless covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person who commits a felony at a time when the person knows the behavior is prohibited by a valid protective order as provided in subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a felony one class higher than the principal felony described in the charging document.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Byrd

2. “To hold otherwise would allow one who had notice that an ex parte Chapter 50B order had been entered against him a ten-day window in which to continue acts of domestic violence against the party who sought the order, while avoiding the corresponding sentencing enhancement provided in Chapter 50B.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Byrd

3. “[p]rior to the hearing, if it clearly appears to the court from specific facts shown, that there is a danger of acts of domestic violence against the aggrieved party... the court may enter such orders as it deems necessary to protect the aggrieved party ... from such acts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Byrd